- Edmund Brice
Edmund Brice (fl. 1648 – 1696) was an English translator and schoolmaster.
Life
Brice, whose dates of birth and death are unknown, became a member of
Jesus College, Oxford on or before27 October 1648 , matriculating on12 March 1649 and obtaining his B.A. degree on12 July 1650 . He was then appointed a Fellow ofAll Souls College, Oxford , retaining his fellowship until about December 1660. It was reported that, during the time when he was a fellow of All Souls, he heard a sermon "preached in great Power" byJohn Pordage , rector ofBradfield, Berkshire . Brice and his companion went to discuss matters with Pordage, and joined his Behmenist group, although it is unclear how long he spent with the group.cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/73145| title=Brice, Edmund (fl. 1648–1696) |last=Hessayon| first =Ariel |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition, subscription access)| publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2004| accessdate=2008-04-13]He was licensed to instruct boys in the
diocese of London in Latin grammar on24 April 1669 , having subscribed to theThirty-Nine Articles . He also translated from the LatinTheodore Mundanus 's response toEdmund Dickinson "concerning the Quintessence of the Philosophers" (1686). In 1696, another translation of his, "Centrum Naturae Concentratum, or, The Salt of Nature Regenerated", was published. This was based on "The center of nature concentrated, or, Ali Puli his tractate of the regenerated salt of nature", ascribed to an "Asian moor" who had converted to Christianity called Ali Puli. A book byJakob Böhme ("Aurora, that is, the Day Spring" (1656)), inscribed by Brice on the flyleaf, came to be owned byCaleb Gilman , a founder of thePhiladelphian Society .References
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